Josphat Muswati and Jaqueline Kamwendo pleaded guilty when
they appeared before Harare regional magistrate, Gloria Takundwa.
She fined them $40 000 each, coupled with a wholly
suspended sentence of 14 months.
The court heard that the two are second line cousins in the
sense that Muswati’s father and Kamwendo’s grandfather are brothers who share
the same parents.
The court heard that sometime in July 2020, Kamwendo, 22,
visited her uncle Muswati, 28, at his house and proposed to Jacqueline and she
agreed.
The two started living together as a couple knowing they
were related.
In April this year, the two had a misunderstanding, which
prompted Jacqueline to file a false police report of rape.
But, upon investigation, the two were charged for having
sex within a prohibited degree of relationship.
In mitigation, Muswati told the court that he intends to
marry his niece and will pay a token of lobola known as “chekahukama” to
legalise their relationship traditionally. H Metro
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